ghost of miles

Oh my God, some guy was playing this in the station the other day...

Didn't realize somebody had already posted this--I meant to as well, and wanted to bring it to folks' attention again, now that today's Organissimo/AAJ tiff has been settled. JeremyPelt

It does seem like a step in the right direction.

Posted by Bev: I agree, Bev. A couple of weeks ago I nearly posted a link here to the "Ask Jeremy Pelt" thread over at AAJ. I knew there are Pelt fans here who, if they hadn't already seen it, would've been interested. As it was I simply forgot to post the link--certainly the thought that Jim Alfredson would object never occurred to me, because I don't believe he would have. I wish I had posted it, because I could've pointed to it in my PMs with Mike Ricci. As it was I could say only that I've directed people to AAJ (particularly neophytes) and that I've routinely spoken well of it here & elsewhere. I still think Mike would serve the AAJ community and his own interests better by serving the entire jazz community. There's some sadness entwined with my anger on this issue, because I did enjoy the AAJ board for what it had to offer. Such a censorious attitude on the part of its administrator, however, now compels me to stay away.

Thought I'd revive this thread with a link to a WFIU series written, narrated, and produced by a friend of mine, Tom Roznowski. For the past few years he's been reconstructing the summer of 1926 in Terre Haute, Indiana, through weekly three-minute monologues on the people, businesses, and social movements of that time. (He chose 1926 because Terre Haute was the midpoint of the U.S. population that year.) He has an academic background in urban history, but his delivery and content is very accessible--very folksy and enlightening. Hometown (Just click on "enter" if you want to skip the little intro movie) This is Tom. He's a musician, too, sort of in the Ramblin' Jack Elliott vein:

Or: Deus did not have a birthday today!

Ghost, I did make the show on Friday night. All the songs sounded very fresh as I haven't heard his new album before the show. It really showed that they have been playing together for a long time. It was a very tight unit. I really enjoyed the show. I am sure I will be down there again for Ingrid Jensen. I didn't know Bloomington bring in very good national artists until your post on Dave Douglas. Thanks for alerting us for Bloomington jazz happenings! I'm glad that you caught it, Jazzmessenger! I was sitting with my wife up in the balcony on the left (Uri Caine) side. You probably heard Pat Harbison's pre-show rap about Jazz From Bloomington; that's the group that brings people to town (along with a very cool collective called Beyond the Pale, which promotes improv heavily--musician and Jazzcorner poster Jason Bivins used to be in it--they tend to bring Vandermark/modern Chicago artists down a lot). Sounds like you caught a good show too, Sal. I've got to make it to the Green Mill one of these days (or nights, rather).

Wow, you caught that? He deleted it so fast that I'm surprised anybody else noticed... even my slow ass caught that one... your remark was spot on of course. I've had my finger hovering over the reply button with several similar messages, but resisted the temptation. I can imagine Ricci to be a bit testy at the moment. I hope no one will feel the need to go peeing up his legs some more. Let the matter rest I'd say. I'm through with it... and pretty much through with AAJ for now. Say, I've got it--we could post in code! "I hear Kenny G has a new one coming out" means "the board seems to be down again today." Etc.

Just heard on the radio that Selig approved the deal. No guarantee that the Yanks will win it all, that's for sure. (Does Mr. Steinbrenner ever learn?)

Wow, you caught that? He deleted it so fast that I'm surprised anybody else noticed... in response to his statement: I had posted He then zapped my post and closed the thread. Memo to Mr. Ricci: Ever hear the one about how to catch more flies?

I may pick this one up when I order the Herman later this spring. I'm sure the Lee Wiley sessions have much better sound than the current versions that I've got... In general this box doesn't cover one of my more favored styles of jazz, but it might help me develop an appreciation for it--and I do dig Bobby Hackett.

BMG has it--there just went another one of my free music vouchers.

Cool! And just a couple of days till the first batch hits the stores.

Sounds cool, Jim. I've been on a bit of an electric piano kick anyway of late--yet more reason to check this out.

We'd probably better save some bullets for Musicboy... he's bound to swing by any day now to check up on us with FCC Commissioner Michael Powell in tow, making sure that nobody's said anything about the new Norah release that might upset the kiddies...

What's that, "rules"? Around here it's a verb rather than a noun... as in, "Organissimo rules, man!"

HEY TWERP! IT'S C-H-A-N-E-Y! B) He's just betraying his political roots, Tony!

Looks to be just about set. The first sentence, I believe, is a typo (I think they mean "closer" rather than "away"): Greg, I thought it was the Players' Union that nixed the Bosox deal... because they felt that it devalued Rodriguez's contract too much.

I was told a couple of years ago that it had been terminated.

Now that's brotherly love!

Glad the board's fixed... did you know that AAJ now bans any mention of Organissimo board problems? WTF?

Same here, only one time. This thread is actually making me want to re-visit it. I, too, have listened all the way through only once, but I remember it being a pleasurable experience...

Well, not quite yet... So how does this play out? Rodriguez is only two years older than Soriano... Yanks probably improve defensively at second base and nail down the third-base problem. Rodriguez and Jeter together in the infield... that'd be quite a sight! What's going on with the pitching staff, though? I haven't really followed the baseball news lately. Also, Williams and Giambi are both aging goods--Nick Johnson is gone--I gotta start getting up to speed here!

Hey, that's really exciting, Dan! I'll definitely be interested to read the results of your interview--in the meantime, have a great Valentine's dinner with your wife.

Still getting the "mail error" message when I send PMs... no big deal, just a minor irritant.